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Reflections on "A Moral Obscenity": How Long Ago Was a War Against Syria Decided?

MishTalk

Secretary of State John Kerry says the use of chemical weapons in Syria is " a moral obscenity ". Mr Kerry said on Monday President Bashar al-Assad’s forces’ responsibility for the use of chemical weapons in an attack which left hundreds dead last week was “undeniable”, cementing a sharp about-turn in Washington’s response to the issue.

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5 Keys to Firing an Employee Humanely NOT Horrifically

Rick Conlow

This management training video will give you five keys to firing someone. See my video, 11 Recruiting Tips for Hiring the Best People. See my leadership video training, 10 Success Secrets of Great Managers. See my management training video, How to Deal with Poor Employee Performance. How to Prevent Firing an Employee.

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Sales Reps, Stop Asking Leading Questions

Harvard Business

Related Video. See More Videos > See More Videos > To maximize the power of consultative selling, we have to move beyond a simplistic view of solution selling. .” So the sales force sits down and makes a list of questions designed to extract information from their prospective clients, in a kind of interrogation.

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The pleasure/happiness gap

Seth Godin Blog

Both respond not only to direct, physical inputs (chemicals, illness) but more and more, to cultural ones, to the noise of comparisons and narratives. Getting someone hooked on the hit that comes from caffeine, tobacco, video or sugar is a business model. Marketers usually sell pleasure. That's a shortcut to easy, repeated revenue.

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AlixPartners Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

3 in the chemicals and pharma sector – brand eins. Alix Partners Videos. Leadership & Organizational Effectiveness. Turnaround & Restructuring. Effectiveness. Industries. Aerospace & Defense. Automotive. Business & Consumer Services. Consumer Products. Financial Services. Healthcare. Heavy Equipment. Social Media.

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Bottled Water: Is it Safer? Taste Better?

MishTalk

A friend sent me a hilarious video this morning on bottled water. The video is from 2010, but it''s also timeless. Is is free of chemicals? Link if video does not play: Truth About Bottled Water There are reasons to drink bottled water of course. Bottled water is a big industry, and profit margins are amazing.

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Research: Immigrants Played an Outsize Role in America’s Age of Innovation

Harvard Business

Related Video. See More Videos > See More Videos > Large scale data compiled from U.S. economy at this time – specifically electricity and chemicals, which accounted for 13.9% Using labor income information in the 1940 Census, we further examined how immigrant and domestic-born inventors were compensated.